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Character: 麼
Modern (Beijing) reading: mó me
Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)ājʔ
Classic Old Chinese: m(h)ā́j
Western Han Chinese: m(h)ā́j
Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)ǟ́
Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ā́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ā́
Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ā́
Middle Chinese: mwấ
English meaning : small [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: крошечный, маленький, незначительный; [má] разг. что?; какой?, вм. 甚麼; [-mo] суффикс ряда местоимений и наречий, часто вм. 末; [-me] конечная частица предложения а) вопросительная; б) недоверия, сомнения; в) восклицания, усиления
Radical: 200
Four-angle index: 8628
Karlgren code: 0017 d
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mājH
Meaning: small
Burmese: hmwah be tiny.
Kachin: ma2 child; (H) lǝma some, few.
Comments: Bodo mén little; Kanauri mi; Vayu mĭ; Hrusso B mī́. Sh. 171. Cf. also OCh. 微 *mǝj minute, small, ? Jnp. ǝmun small dust-like particles. There apparently also existed a synonymous root *mar - reflected in Bodo *mǝr, Magar mar-khe, Ersu mar.55 mar.55 'small', but in most languages it is difficult to distinguish from *mājH.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *(ʔi)mi-
Meaning: small (?)
Sunwar: 'im-cili small
Limbu: mi- in mi-jāk a litle (см. *jàk), micchā a little, mitchā less
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-sun,kiret-lim,
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